Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-01-28
r.xr TREATMENT OF GEN.
IRISH.

1t appears to the APPEAL that
the manner in which Gen. Irish,
the new u. s. Surveyor General was
received in this State is by no
means credltable to its reputation
for courtesy and hospitality. tie
comes here as an appointee of the
President, and as representative
of the Administration is entitled to
the same courtesy that represent
ative of the u. s. Government
should receive abroad. just at
present the Administration IS not
particularly well disposed toward
Nevada, and the action OF the Dem
oerats in passing resolution min
zeal to the confirmation OF Irish
will only tend to further strain the
upfriendly relations now existing
between the Administration and
Nevada. Therefore, would 1T not
be good policy to accept the Presl
dents representative with good
grace and stretch out the hand OF
welcome?
It IS urged that there are plenty
of good democrats in this State,
capable of filing the position. All
well and good; but the APPEAL VIII
state for the benefit of those who
pse this argument that nearly every
applicant for the position among
the Democrats had charges pre-
ferred against him at Washington,
aud these charges are still on tlle'
The manner In which the Surveyor
Generals office at Reno had been
conducted of late years did not re-
feet any special credit upon 1t, ana
the predecessor Of Mr.. Irish has
for months been turning heaven
and earth over to create prejudice
against every applicant for the
place. 1t is quite possible that
the fruits of this endeavor are to
be found in the charges against
these applicants, now on hle at
Washington. 1t would be in keep
ing with the character of the motor
ious Reno Mugwump to destroy
every probable successor in order
that he might hold his grip on the
place. Had this course not been
pursued by him and his friends,
some Nevada Democrat would most
likely have been appointed. If an
Iowa man is his successor he has
but himself to thank, and the Dem
ocratic parry has him to thank 1t
Clev Gland today thinks there Is no
Democrat In Nevada honest or cap
able enough TO fill his place. lie
seems bent not only in destroying
both political parties ia Nevada
but the State as well, for his last
report TO Commissioner Sparks de
scribed the State lands as poor and
worthless, and gave Nevada such :
black eye that Sparks ordered the
immediate cessation of surveys
Yet after all these bad breaks ht
wells "Hone rule for Nevada" a
the top of his voice, and ther
brags in Reno that he has the Dem
ocratic party of Nevada in his yes
pocket, simply because he pnlle'
the wires when the resolution
against Mr.. Irish were passed II
the Senate. Powning claims thi
as his work, and it certainly ha
his ear marks.
Nevada is in position nov
where 1t is false policy to antago
pize the Administration, and u
order to counteract the effect of tn
antl-Irish resolution, would 1t no
be well for the Republicans In tn
LEGISLATURE to pass one welcomin
Irish to the State as the chose
Representative of the highest Office
of the Nation?
All that is wanted now is to sto
these petty factions al qualrels, an
get the business of the Land Ofic
Strengthened out so that survey
can be made and land can be |,
Gated by actual settlers. If tt
Democratic party of Nevada relis
being packed about in the We
peckes of the ex-U. S. Surveyor Ge
eral they are different men tia
ANYBODY supposes them tn be.
&hnrp Practice.